Ascariasis as an unexpected cause of acute pancreatitis with cholangitis: A rare case report from urban area

Journal of the Pancreas

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 88-91

  Phisalprapa, Pochamana ^a   Prachayakul, Varayu ^a  

^a MAHIDOL UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

Author keywords

Ascaris lumbricoides; Cholangiopancreatography, endoscopic retrograde; Common bile duct; Pancreatitis, acute necrotizing

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ALBENDAZOLE; ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; AMYLASE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; BILIRUBIN; CEFTRIAXONE;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ABDOMINAL TENDERNESS; ACUTE PANCREATITIS; ADULT; AMYLASE BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; ASCARIASIS; ASCARIS LUMBRICOIDES; BILE DUCT DILATATION; BILE DUCT STONE; CASE REPORT; CHOLANGITIS; ENDOSCOPIC RETROGRADE CHOLANGIOPANCREATOGRAPHY; ENDOSCOPIC SPHINCTEROTOMY; FEMALE; GALLSTONE PANCREATITIS; HUMAN; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; LEUKOCYTOSIS; NAUSEA; NONHUMAN; PANCREATITIS; THAILAND; URBAN AREA; VOMITING;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; ANIMALS; ASCARIASIS; ASCARIS LUMBRICOIDES; CHOLANGIOPANCREATOGRAPHY, ENDOSCOPIC RETROGRADE; CHOLANGITIS; CITIES; COMMON BILE DUCT; FEMALE; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTIONS; HUMANS; PANCREATITIS; THAILAND;

EID: 84874903816     PISSN: 15908577     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.6092/1590-8577/1257     Document Type: Article

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